from various churches. top left: from the chapel at Schloss Stolzenfels top right: from Wiesenbaden’s Oranier-Gedächtniskirchebottom left: from St Adolfus in Düsseldorfbottom right: from the Egyptian episkopalean Church in Heidelberg Monday Window
Tag: Germany
Shade Seekers
I’ve been doing Dale’s bidding looking for shade for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. I went looking in my archive – and aye, there’s the rub. The photos in my archive are tagged in German and German doesn’t make a diffference between “shade” and “shadow” … Continue reading Shade Seekers
Jagdschloss Kranichstein
Having lived near Darmstadt for a while, I’ve passed this building a few times. It’s the armory or rather the hunt supply house which is part of the hunting seat and summer residence of the Landgraviate Hesse-Darmstadt, Castle Kranichstein. I’ve read that in its heyday … Continue reading Jagdschloss Kranichstein
The sow with any other name will still be one
The Ragtag Prompt was SOW. The action or the animal? Or maybe the car license number? In this case, for Stuttgart. There is a saying amongst Hash House Harriers that if you like your hash name then something is wrong. You are not supposed to … Continue reading The sow with any other name will still be one
Windows of Schaafheim
I spent a couple of hours in a village in the Odenwald, called Schaafheim (nothing to do with sheep, but with “scop”, i.e. barn or shed). This half-timbered house is typical for the area – with a solid stone base, usually of reddish sandstone. With … Continue reading Windows of Schaafheim
The definition of hell
“So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the “burning marl.” Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit
Sartre’s quote from his stage play has always been true. In small, insidious ways, and in large, horrific ways.
There were numerous death marches from concentration camps to other locations (i.e. away from the advance of the allied forces). In 2025 there was a remembrance march passing this sculpture in Bad Tölz behind a banner reading “Never again”.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Hell
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Waiting for the bus in Koblenz
These are office buildings next to the theatre in Koblenz (the theatre itself is under renovations and hidden behind containers) which I photographed while waiting for the bus to take us closer to the river Rhine.The photo on the bottom shows the original building of … Continue reading Waiting for the bus in Koblenz
The place where beeches grow
Seide is “silk” in German. Buch is “book” in German. Yet, Seidenbuch isn’t “book of silk”. It is the name of a little village in the Odenwald. Where – according to family lore – an ancestor of mine was born and grew and left to … Continue reading The place where beeches grow
Three decorative details
Thursday Trios
A marriage of more than convenience
Schloss Stolzenfels was built as a summer residence for a prince royal (aka: a king in waiting) and his wife. Wilhelm IV had become King of Prussia when he and his wife, Elisabeth Ludovica of Bavaria, moved in. The castle was built on ruins and … Continue reading A marriage of more than convenience
